Colorado Avalanche vs. New York Rangers Live Chat: Feb. 4, 2014

Semyon Varlamov and Nick Holden of the Colorado Avalanche defend the net in the first period against Derick Brassard and Benoit Pouliot of the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 4, 2014 in New York City. (Jim McIsaac, Getty Images)

That provides an idea of the kind of night it was at MSG for the Avs, who saw their four-game winning streak decisively broken, 5-1 by a dominant Rangers team that is starting to move up in the Eastern Conference standings.

Below is a live chat, held during the game, recapping everything that happened:

Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.

Chambers covers college and professional hockey for The Denver Post. He has written for the Post since 1994, after dumping his first 9-to-5 office job a couple years out of college. He primarily follows the University of Denver hockey team and helps cover the Avalanche.